Note: The heading to section 27 is replaced by the heading " AOCs "
72 Note: The heading to section 27 is replaced by the heading " AOCs "
After section 27:
Insert:
"Subdivision B—Application for AOC
Application in approved form
"27AA. An application for an AOC must be in a form approved by CASA.
Lodgment of manuals
"27AB.(1) An applicant for an AOC must lodge with CASA a copy of the current flight manual for every type of aircraft covered by the application.
"(2) If the applicant is (or will be) required by the regulations or Civil Aviation Orders to have any of the following manuals, the applicant must lodge the current or proposed version of the manual concerned:
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an operations manual;
a training and checking manual;
a dangerous goods manual.
"(3) The applicant is not required to lodge a manual under this section if the applicant has previously lodged a copy of the same version of the manual.
"(4) If the applicant already holds a current AOC and is applying for a new AOC that:
would authorise the same things as the current AOC; and
would come into force when the term of the current AOC expires; the applicant is required to comply with the lodgment requirements of this section only to the extent (if any) that CASA, by written notice, requires compliance.
CASA may require information etc. and inspections etc.
"27AC.(1) CASA may give a written notice to an applicant for an AOC, requiring the applicant to give CASA information in writing, or documents, that:
are described in the notice; and
are in the applicant's possession or under the applicant's control; and
are reasonably required by CASA to properly consider the application.
"(2) CASA may give a written notice to an applicant for an AOC, requiring the applicant to permit an authorised officer to carry out an inspection or test that:
is described in the notice; and
is reasonably required by CASA to properly consider the application.
"(3) In this section:
'aircraft component' has the same meaning as in the regulations;
'aircraft material' has the same meaning as in the regulations;
'inspection or test' means an inspection or test of any of the following:
any aircraft covered by the application;
any aircraft component or aircraft material for, or equipment fitted to or provided in, any aircraft covered by the application;
any premises used, or proposed to be used, for the purpose of conducting or carrying out the operations covered by the application;
any facilities, procedures or practices used, or proposed to be used, for a purpose covered by the application.
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CASA may require proving flights etc.
"27AD.(1) CASA may give a written notice to an applicant for an AOC, requiring the applicant:
to conduct proving flights; or
to carry out other aircraft tests or demonstrations of procedures;
to assess whether the applicant can safely conduct the operations covered by the application.
"(2) The notice must describe the proving flights, tests or demonstrations that the applicant is required to conduct or carry out.
"(3) The proving flights, tests or demonstrations must be conducted or carried out under the supervision or observation of an authorised officer and in accordance with the requirements mentioned in the notice.
Application for foreign aircraft AOC
"27AE.(1) CASA may give a written notice to an applicant for a foreign aircraft AOC, requiring the applicant to give CASA all or any of the following:
a copy of any air operator's certificate, or any document having substantially the same effect, issued by the authority responsible for regulating civil aviation in the country in which the aircraft is registered or operating;
a copy of any limitations or conditions imposed by the authority on operations conducted or carried out by the applicant, unless those limitations or conditions are specified in a certificate or document specified in paragraph (a);
copies of any operational authorisations or requirements, however described, issued by the authority in relation to the operations of the applicant, unless those authorisations or requirements are specified in a certificate or document specified in paragraph (a) or (b);
written particulars of all licences held by flight crew members intended to be engaged in carrying out operations under the foreign aircraft AOC.
"(2) CASA must state in the notice whether the applicant is to comply with the notice:
in addition to complying with the lodgment requirements of section 27AB; or
instead of complying with those requirements, or such of them as are identified in the notice.
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"(3) If the notice indicates that the applicant is to do something instead of complying with all or any of the requirements of section 27AB, the applicant need not comply with those requirements of section 27AB.
"(4) In this section:
'foreign aircraft AOC' means an AOC authorising the operation of a foreign registered aircraft on flights that are not domestic commercial flights.
CASA not required to consider application until requirements complied with
"27AF. CASA may refuse to consider an application, or to consider it further, while there are requirements under this Subdivision that the applicant has not complied with.
"Subdivision C—Operation of a foreign aircraft without AOC".
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